Mississippi Administrative Code
Title 28 - Ports and Airports
Part 301 - Operations and Procedures Manual of the Mississippi State Port Authority at Gulfport
Chapter 13 - Bid Protest Procedures
Rule 28-301-13.18 - Authority of Chairman of the Board as Hearing Officer

A. hold informal conferences to settle, simplify, or fix the issues in a proceeding, or to consider other matters that may aid in the expeditious disposition of the proceeding either by consent of the parties or upon such officer's own motion;

B. require parties to state their positions with respect to the various issues in the proceeding;

C. require parties to produce for examination those relevant witnesses and documents under their control;

D. rule on motions, and other procedural items on matters pending before such officer;

E. regulate the course of the hearing and conduct of participants therein;

F. receive, rule on, exclude, or limit evidence and limit lines of questioning or testimony which are irrelevant, immaterial, or unduly repetitious;

G. fix time limits for submission of written documents in matters before such officer;

H. impose appropriate sanctions against any party or person failing to obey an order under these procedures, which sanctions may include:

I. refusing to allow the disobedient party to support or oppose designated claims or defenses, or prohibiting that party from introducing designated matters in evidence;

J. excluding all testimony of an unresponsive or evasive witness;

K. expelling any party or person from further participation in the hearing; and

L. take official notice of any material fact not appearing in evidence in the record, if such fact is among the traditional matters of judicial notice.